Jordi Visser, head of AI Macro Nexus Research for asset management firm 22V, says that bitcoin will be the top-performing investment in 2026.

Daniel Oliver, Managing Member of Myrmikan Capital, exposed the weakness of the U.S. stock market through gold. Using gold as a reference instead of dollars, the SPX has receded 33% since October 2023, and the dollar has lost 59% of its value in gold terms in the same period.

The EU and South America’s Mercosur formally sign a long‑awaited trade pact in Asuncion to cut more than 90% of tariffs.

Helen McCaw, a former senior analyst at the UK’s central bank, called Governor Andrew Bailey to prepare for a possible contingency created by the confirmation of alien life in the universe. She states that markets might collapse and a reconfiguration of assets might ensue after this news.

European capitals are crafting $108 billion in tariffs and market restrictions in response to U.S. threats over Greenland.

BTCC reported more than $5.72 billion in tokenized gold trading volume for 2025, marking a landmark year for precious metals on the blockchain.

Ethereum is currently processing record-setting transaction volumes while gas fees remain stubbornly close to zero.

Coinbase is pushing back against claims of White House resistance to crypto policy, as high-stakes negotiations over banking yield, market structure legislation, and industry influence expose deepening tensions between crypto firms, regulators, and traditional banks.

Bitcoin’s stagnant price obscures a deep repricing underway as structural supply constraints collide with a looming productivity boom, positioning the cryptocurrency to absorb outsized wealth creation, according to ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood.

XRP slid sharply below key support as a broad crypto sell-off intensified, wiping out leveraged positions, driving extreme oversold signals, and exposing mounting macro and regulatory stress that continues to weigh on digital asset prices.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse urged sustained, constructive engagement with Washington as crypto market structure talks stall, arguing the industry is close to regulatory clarity and should keep pushing lawmakers toward workable rules for U.S. digital assets.

On Sunday evening, around 6:15 p.m. Eastern time, bitcoin slipped below the $95,000 perch it had clung to for the past day, giving up about 3% in the process. The asset brushed an intraday low of $91,917 per coin as gold and silver headed the opposite direction, charging into fresh price highs.

Bitcoin’s latest slump is challenging long-held cycle assumptions as miner stress, ETF-driven market shifts, and macro headwinds reshape price behavior, raising fresh questions about volatility, timing, and what this phase means for crypto’s broader trajectory, Canary Capital says.

Lawmakers are pressing the SEC over a sudden pullback in crypto enforcement, warning that dropped cases and delayed actions risk harming investors, weakening market confidence, and signaling selective oversight as scrutiny of federal crypto regulation intensifies.

Liquidity on South Korea’s cryptocurrency exchanges looks deceptively simple on the surface, but Kaiko Research finds that beneath the headline volumes lies a far more nuanced—and occasionally unforgiving—market structure.